Martin Luther King Day

This large park has pretty views of nearby waterways, a large picnic area, and a nice grassy area. Part of the park is protected marshland, in which one can wildlife-water.  

Fifty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Waterloo’s West High School, its renovated auditorium will be rededicated with a memorial to the slain civil rights leader.  

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s sister Christine King Farris speaks with other panelists about inequality and the legacy of her brother’s work at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center’s event on Tuesday night. The world must continue to ...  

pj joined Tha Real MLK Jr. Classroom's group Dr. MLK Jr. Drum Major for Justice GroupHuman salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted. Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love, 1963. Here we build on and discuss "Tha Real Dr. Martin Luther King's Teachings", after he learned Amerikkka's Lessons.  

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He was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925, and he was assassinated on February 21, 1965, when he was only 39 years old, the same age as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was when he was assassinated.Contributor: Karen ColePublished: Nov 11, 2009  

"Soul Sistas, Music Through the Years" hits the stage at the Gaslamp Restaurant and Bar Saturday, benefitting the Long Beach 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. Peace and Unity Parade and Celebration.  

Staff Report nEmma E. Booker Elementary School, 2350 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Sarasota nTuttle Elementary School, 2863 Eighth St., Sarasota nAs All county schoolchildren will be able to get a swine flu vaccine this week, with the Health Department opening clinics for the first time to middle and high school students. The clinics will be open Saturday to all children between 6 months old and 12th grade.  

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference elected its first female president on Friday. MLK’s daughter, Bernice King will be the third King to head the civil rights group. The board of directors voted 23-15 in favor of King over Wendell Griffen, an appeals court judge. The SCLC was founded by Martin Luther King Jr. and was involved [...]  

U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar signed a construction permit at a ceremony on the National Mall Thursday, officially approving construction of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial.  

WASHINGTON - A memorial to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. is one step closer to reality after Interior Secretary Ken Salazar signed a permit Thursday afternoon allowing the construction of the memorial on the National Mall. The four-acre memorial site ...  

What we call Shepherd Park on the corner of Malcolm X Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.  Perhaps the only National Park in the country found at the intersection of MLK and Malcolm X. For more Congress Heights and River East news visit The Congress Heights Examiner website, http://www.examiner.com/x-13507-Congress-Heights-Community-Examiner function fbs_click(  

A violent crackdown is underway in Vietnam. The government has beaten the monks and nuns of Bat Nha and literally destroyed the monastery founded by Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh. Read this account from Tricycle.Thich Nhat Hanh is, I suspect, perhaps the most peaceful human living on the planet. In 1967 Thich Nhat Hanh was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Thich Nhat Hanh was a close friend...  

A memorial mural of Gary King Jr was painted on a support column underneath the BART tracks on Martin Luther King Boulevard after Oakland police officer Patrick Gonzales shot and killed Gary King Jr at the spot in 2007. On September 24th, 2009, the mural was removed by BART employees. The new mural also includes images of Anita Gay, Andrew Moppin, Casper Banjo, and Oscar Grant — all murdered by police in Oakland and Berkeley.  

Dr. Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., visited Meridian this week to speak out against what she referred to as womb-lynching — or what most people know as abortion. King was in Meridian to speak at the Pregnancy Choices of Meridian annual banquet as well as to a group of African-American pastors. "I spoke to them about the importance of supporting life," she said. "A woman can choose what to do with her body, but the baby...